Parks, libraries & recreation

Agreement with The Pumpkin Factory, LLC for Carnival Services (Specification No. 26-017) (General Fund)

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Planning Commission’s Adoption of a Resolution Renaming Rosita Park, Located at 706 N. Newhope Street, as Frank and Irene Palomino Park

• Councilmember Hernandez moved to rename Rosita Park as Frank and Irene Palomino Park.3:03:59
• The Palominos were among the plaintiffs in the 1947 case Mendez v Westminster, which desegregated California schools.3:03:59

Santa Ana Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Use Report for 2025-26

• Councilmember Hernandez moved to reject the police department's annual military equipment report outright.4:28:12
• He told the council that his cousin Brandon Lopez was killed in 2021 by Anaheim officers who came into Santa Ana with an armoured vehicle, a concussion grenade and tear gas, and that the city has since built the same capability itself.4:28:12

Status Report on the Identification and Historic Evaluation of Public Artworks by Emigdio Vasquez and Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma

• Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza asked why the report covered only two artists when the council had discussed protecting murals across the whole city.4:17:13
• The city manager said a citywide mural policy was adopted a month or two earlier and this report was the narrower piece of that work.4:18:13

Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. NS-3097 Dissolving the Arts and Culture Commission; Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission; Historic Resources Commission; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and Youth Commission First reading at the June 16, 2026 City Council Meeting and approved by a vote of 5-2. Published in the OC Reporter on June 19, 2026

• This was the final adoption of the ordinance dissolving the arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth commissions.2:58:22
• It carried with the consent calendar, but Councilmember Lopez and Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza both had no votes recorded against it, as they had at first reading.2:58:25

First Amendment to the Agreements with DMS Facility Services, Landscape West Management Services, Inc., Mariposa Landscapes, Inc., and Pacific Coast Horticulturists for Landscape Maintenance Services at City Parks and Facilities (General Fund)

• The council amended its agreements with the firms that clean and landscape city facilities.2:58:22

Dissolve the Arts and Culture Commission; Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission; Historic Resources Commission; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; and Youth Commission as Part of the Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget Adoption

• The council voted to abolish five citizen commissions as a budget saving: arts and culture, environment and transport, historic resources, parks and recreation, and youth.3:08:21
• Mayor Pro Tem Penaloza said he had thought about it for weeks and would vote no, placing it in a long pattern of the city narrowing how the public takes part.3:08:38

Facility Use Agreements with Golf Instructors for Golf Lessons and Programming at River View Golf Course

• Golf instructors were given agreements to run lessons and programmes at River View Golf Course.3:08:15